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Compton, California
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[Aftermath of the Long Beach earthquake in Long Beach and Compton, California]
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5 black-and-white snapshots documenting the wreckage and destruction to various buildings caused by the Long Beach earthquake of 1933. Scenes include debris in the streets of Long Beach; a view of U.S. Marines walking through a Long Beach street; a destroyed Long Beach church; a view from the street of a building in Compton with the exterior wall destroyed and interior rooms visible; and the rubble before the Haigh Drug Co. store in Compton.
photPF 20228-20232
Venice Bakery, Midway Garage and other buildings, Venice, California
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Image of streets and buildings in Venice, California with signs for the "Venice Bakery," and "Midway Garage." The Abbot Kinney Pier is in the distance. Railroad tracks are seen in the foreground.
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East 3rd Street looking west to Pine, earthquake, Long Beach
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Image of the 100 block of East 3rd Street looking towards the intersection of Pine Avenue in Long Beach, California, following the March 10, 1933, Long Beach earthquake, with pedestrians walking in the street amid automobiles, street car tracks, past rubble, bricks, debris, building damage, and the exposed bedroom, bathroom, and living area of a second-floor apartment. Visible storefront signs include: "W.H. Rohlfing, Linoleum Shades and Rods, 122 E. 3rd," "Buffalo Lunch," "Western Shoe Market," and "Owl Drug Co."
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A rebel soldier, killed at the trenches before Petersburgh
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Stereograph showing a dead Confederate soldier lying on the ground between a hat and a pile of rubble at Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia.
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Minnie Gove Compton, Beth Compton Harrison, Gove Compton. Grand Canyon, 1925
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This collection contains photographs of Elizabeth Compton Hegemann's travels through the Navajo Indian Reservation and the Grand Canyon from 1922 to 1934. It also documents Southwest Indian life and archaeological monuments during Hegemann's career based at the Shonto Trading Post. The most notable images depict Hegemann; United States National Park Service rangers; Fred Harvey Trading Company sites and employees; Navajo and Hopi Indians; trading posts; Charles F. Lummis; the Grand Canyon; various ruins of Indian pueblos; Hopi ceremonies; Navajo horse races; and natural rock formations scattered throughout Arizona
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Photographs and postcards of the Long Beach, California, earthquake
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A group of 36 snapshot photographs and photographic postcards, and two printed souvenir photo booklets documenting the range of destruction after the major Long Beach earthquake on March 10, 1933. Images chiefly show damaged buildings including churches, post offices, schools, houses, apartment buildings, and stores. Some images feature large cracks in streets and highways. Three photographs depict damage in Compton, and one was taken in nearby Lynwood. Identified photographers are Austin Studio, Long Beach; C.D. Douglass Studios, Montebello; Larry Lynde; and Pacific Studios, L.A.
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